The Holdovers
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Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne Movie Reviews
Blog Posts That Mention Alexander Payne
TV/Streaming
“Tires” Has Developed into One of Netflix’s Best Comedies in Season 3
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2026: Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean, Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Interviews
Remote-Droppers and Jeff Bridges: Nick Digilio on His Book About 40 Years Reviewing Movies
Tributes
Flying with Her Angels: Diane Ladd (1935-2025)
Features
Locarno Film Festival 2025 Wrap-up
Features
Restored and Rediscovered Festival Spotlights Organizations at the Forefront of Film Restoration
Features
The Steady, Inevitable Decline: Sideways at 20
Features
25 Years Later, Alexander Payne’s Election Remains as Relevant as Ever
Festivals & Awards
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Highlights Unearthed Treasures of Film History
Chaz's Journal
Spirit Awards 2024: A Platform for Essential Independent Films
Features
2023: The Year of the Teacher
Festivals & Awards
Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Be Nominated This Year
Festivals & Awards
The 29th Critics Choice Awards Honor a Wide Variety of Film and TV
Features
The Return of 70MM
Features
The Great Craft of 2023
Festivals & Awards
2024 Awards Season Kickoff: Palm Springs, Variety Honorees, Golden Globes, Governors Awards
Features
The Great Performances of 2023
Chaz's Journal
Trailers for Chaz Ebert’s Top 10(-ish) Films of 2023
Festivals & Awards
The Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television Honoring Black, Latino, and AAPI Achievements in 2023
Chaz's Journal
The Year of Black Men in Cinema: Chaz Ebert’s Top Ten(-ish) Films of 2023
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: A Canadian Looks Back at a Tumultuous Fest
Festivals & Awards
The State of the 2024 Oscar Race: The Fall Festivals Leave Burning Questions
Festivals & Awards
59th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Exciting Full Line-up of Features and Shorts
Festivals & Awards
Telluride Film Festival 2023 Highlights
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Chaz's Journal
Ten Must-See Films at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Highlights of the 2023 TCM Film Festival
Interviews
The Protein of It All: A Conversation with Tamara Jenkins, BendFilm Festival’s Indie Woman of the Year
Festivals & Awards
Serious Oscar Contenders Dazzle at 2022 BendFilm Festival
Chaz's Journal
The Annotated Table of Contents and Bios for Women Writers Week 2022
Chaz's Journal
The Annotated Table of Contents for Women Writers Week 2021
Features
Thumbnails 4/12/20
TV/Streaming
Netflix’s The Politician is Ambitious but Messy
Features
Short Films in Focus: Squirrel
Features
Short Films in Focus: One Cambodian Family Please For My Pleasure
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2019: A Photo Journal
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2019, Day 4: Maya Angelou – And Still I Rise, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Almost Famous, Sideways
Festivals & Awards
Ebertfest 2019 Reveals Full Line-Up Honoring Scott Wilson, Richard Roeper and Jonathan Demme
Interviews
The Absurdity of Life: Elizabeth Chomko and Robert Forster on What They Had
Features
Acclaimed Producer Effie T. Brown Salutes Project Involve on its 25th Anniversary
Chaz's Journal
Join Project Involve As We Celebrate Jon M. Chu of “Crazy Rich Asians” on September 22nd
Chaz's Journal
Project Involve Paves A Path to Inclusive Storytelling on its 25th Anniversary on September 22nd
Features
Eighth Grade and the Political Currency of Being a Teenage Girl
Features
Figuring It Out: The Films of Laura Dern
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 14, 2017
Festivals & Awards
Deadline’s The Contenders 2017 Kicks Off Oscar Season
Festivals & Awards
Cupid’s Arrow Pierced My Tender Heart at the Movies
Festivals & Awards
Illuminating the World: Wim Wenders Honored at TIFF
Festivals & Awards
The Greatest Show on Earth: Recap of the 2017 Telluride Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2017: “Downsizing,” “Beast,” “Who We Are Now”
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2017 Preview: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
Festivals & Awards
A Box of Chocolates: Preview of the 2017 Telluride Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Nitrate and Old Favorites: A Recap of the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival
Features
Thumbnails 7/8/16
Interviews
Humor is the Most Important Thing in Life: Paul Rudd & Rob Burnett on “The Fundamentals of Caring”
Features
Thumbnails 6/17/16
Chaz's Journal
Who’s Who In Reviews: Susan Wloszczyna
Interviews
Interview: Thomas Haden Church on “Max,” “Killer Joe”
Chaz's Journal
In Praise of Film Critics: Why They Matter More Than Ever
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 20, 2014
Features
Thumbnails 4/24/14
Chaz's Journal
One Year Later: Richard Roeper on Roger
Interviews
Bateman’s Switch: Jason Bateman Talks About Directing “Bad Words”
Festivals & Awards
Guilds Trifecta Could Put the Final Stamp on the Oscars Race
Features
Top Ten Lists of 2013 From Our Contributors
Festivals & Awards
Films, DVDs, Chickens and Eggs: How Screeners Affect Awards Season
Festivals & Awards
It Truly Is an Honor Just To Be Nominated
Chaz's Journal
Which Movies Would Roger Choose?
Festivals & Awards
Critic Awards Begin to Shape the Oscar Race
Festivals & Awards
New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review Start the Oscar Race
Features
Meet the Writers: Susan Wloszczyna
Features
Thumbnails 7/17/2013
Features
Thumbnails 7/6/2013
Festivals & Awards
Post-Cannes: Two Critics Look Back Over This Year’s Festival
Festivals & Awards
Cannes awards: The jury and winners respond to the awards, then party
Festivals & Awards
Awards Show Wrap-up: Cannes Report, May 26
Festivals & Awards
Cannes: Bruce Dern and Will Forte visit “Nebraska”
Festivals & Awards
Globe Trotting: Cannes Report, May 23
Festivals & Awards
Rival tendencies: As Steven Spielberg gets ready to chair this year’s Cannes jury, we prepare for an alterna-Cannes.
Festivals & Awards
Pre-Cannes
Roger Ebert
Indie Spirits are high for “The Artist”
Roger Ebert
The Best Films of 2004
Roger Ebert
Critics are fighting it out: It’s ‘Baby’ vs. ‘Sideways’
Roger Ebert
“Million Dollar” critics’ group picks its 2004 baby
Roger Ebert
‘Election,’ ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ take Spirit
Scanners
Is Oscar’s best pic a masterpiece?
Festivals & Awards
The long and winding road
Festivals & Awards
The first slice of Cannes 2012
Chaz at Cannes
The Cannes winners, as sort of expected
Scanners
The Ultimate Review of “The Departed”
Scanners
My First 2011 “Ten Best” List
Scanners
Consensus? Mulholland Dr. is LA Film Critics’ movie of the decade, too
Scanners
I knew I’d seen this movie before!
Scanners
Flamers
Far Flungers
Santa Barbara Film Festival 2012
Far Flungers
Swimming an ocean of emotions
TV/Streaming
